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How long does St. Mary's School (Calne) take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00235572 · Education · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2021

33days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

Self-reported figure from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Aug 2021 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated
13 Dec 1928
Registered office
ST MARY'S SCHOOL, CALNE,, SN11 0DF
6 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–60 days. Reported average: 33.

Stated terms7–60d
+26 days
Reported avg33d

At a glance

The key figures

7–60d
their stated terms
35%
invoices paid outside terms
+3d
slower over the window
±7d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 81% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 4 statutory reports.

terms 7d
30
22
35
33
H1 2019H1 2019H1 2020H1 2021

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 62% 31–60 days 31% 61+ days 7%

The read · computed from their figures

St. Mary's School (Calne) has filed 4 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2019). Their latest report puts the average at 33 days against stated terms of 7–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 30 to 33 days over the window — about 3 days slower.

In the latest period 35% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 7% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We do not have a standard payment period, but the most commonly used period is 30 days, only used in lieu of a supplier’s due date. We also do not have standard payment terms and there are no variations between different suppliers. We attempt to make all payments in line with the supplier’s due date.

Dispute resolution

We attempt to pay all our suppliers on time, particularly those we know are small companies with tight cashflow constraints. Sometimes a payment run date may not quite align with the invoice due date, particularly if payment terms are short or the invoice has been received late. If the delay is minimal we would not normally notify the supplier but if the delay is likely to be longer than 5 working days a member of the finance team will try to contact the supplier to notify them.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20213335%7%17 Nov 2021
H1 20203543%6%25 Mar 2021
H1 20192247%8%23 Oct 2019
H1 20193044%8%23 Oct 2019

Working-capital effect

What a 33-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 33-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £13,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 33-day cycle — about £10,200 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days slower over the window (30 → 33 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 33, moving within about ±7 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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How UK payment reporting works

What is a Payment Practices Report?
UK companies and LLPs above a size threshold — broadly, two of: turnover over £54m, balance sheet over £27m, or more than 250 employees — must report twice a year, under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017, how quickly they actually pay suppliers: the average time to pay, the share of invoices paid in 30 days or fewer, 31 to 60 days and 61 days or longer, and their standard payment terms. Those thresholds apply to financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025; for earlier financial years they were £36m and £18m, with the same 250-employee test.
What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.
How often is this data updated?
Each report covers a six-month period and must be filed within 30 days of that period ending, so a company's record refreshes roughly twice a year. PaidLate re-reads the register as new reports are filed.
Is this official government data?
The underlying payment figures come from the company's own statutory filings on the gov.uk payment-practices service; company-status data comes from Companies House. PaidLate calculates trends, comparisons and summaries from those records. It does not use surveys or credit-agency scores.

How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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